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Photo helps overturn Olympic Judges Decision - 08-26-2008, 10:39 PM


It is great to see that the judges looked at the evidence and then reversed their decision. Of course they could have looked at the Chinese opponent who had a bruised face and a bloody lip. But at least they got it right in the end.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...e-Britain.html

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08-26-2008, 11:27 PM


OMG, was this not the worst judged Olympics since the fall of the Eastern Bloc? Its like the Chinese picked all the critical judges.

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Seeeee.....we sports shooters ARE good for something!

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08-27-2008, 07:45 AM


They even included the EXIF info in that write up!

That's awesome that they were able to reverse the call. Right is Right. Awesome shot too.

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08-27-2008, 08:14 AM


Good for Brits.

Judging really sucked. US got robbed of several medals.
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08-27-2008, 08:14 PM


Anybody know what lens that is???

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08-28-2008, 12:42 AM


It's hard to tell from the angle, but that looks like a 300/2.8.

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it says its a 400 2.8.

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08-28-2008, 09:52 AM


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it says its a 400 2.8.
Well, I guess that's why I not a detective.... I should have paid more attention to detail or remembered what I read.

I mainly looked at the photos and briefly scanned the article.

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08-28-2008, 01:14 PM


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Well, I guess that's why I not a detective.... I should have paid more attention to detail or remembered what I read.

I mainly looked at the photos and briefly scanned the article.

Dah!
reading articles is hard for photographers, I understand.

I think this was one of maybe 7 articles I have read all the way through in my life.

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